Plan to bring European educational trips for American teachers
An editorial outlines a plan to let American teachers travel to Europe during off season with subsidized passages from Cunard and others. It envisions housing on arrival, distribution to university centers, and broader educational exchange inspired by Rhodes scholarships and sabbatical programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aglaad
Cunard
England
University of London
New York World
Europe
Berlin
Paris
Oxford
Athens
Syracuse
Boards of Education
Fragmentary Poetic Excerpt on Law and Nation
A garbled passage discusses Pig youth, legal fraternity, and nation fate. It evokes guiding youth, laws of God and man, and cites Capt. Bunsby on applying the observation to practice. The text reads as a reflective if fractured admonition on civic duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehelp
Bunsby
Collector Be and Tax Evasion Discussed in Colloquy
A parliamentary colloquy addresses a person misreporting earnings and tax by failing to declare part of four incomes. It notes a 200 pound discrepancy and warns that the matter should be reported.
Zion City case ends Dowie era as trust established
Judge K M Landis rules Zion City is a trust estate not Dowie or Voliva’s property. John C Hately named receiver, September 18 election set for Zion City church members to choose a new overseer. Court voids Dowie conveyance to Granger, restates trust, and pauses bankruptcy actions pending further litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
John Alexander Dowie
Wilbur Glen Voliva
K. M. Landis
United States Circuit Court
Zion City
Landis
John C. Hately
Chicago Board of Trade
Dowie
Hately
Dowle
Sage will widow receives bulk of estate in New York will
In New York a will leaves the bulk of Russell Sage's fortune to his widow with small legacies to relatives and a forfeiture clause against contesting heirs. Executors named include Mrs Sage and Dr John P Munn with Charles W Osborne. No value of the estate is given. In Kansas a wheat bargain ends with 1722 bushels for two sons from 65 acres after threshing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russel Sage
Mr. Sage
Mrs. Sage
Atchison
Kansas
Keeler
Purcell
Denton
Twelve Armed Men Forcibly Print Parliamentary Address
In Yaroslav Russia twelve armed men entered a printing office after midnight and forced the compositors to set up and printers to print 60 000 copies of the parliamentary address to the country and several proclamations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yaroslav
Russia
St. Joseph & Southern Railroad Chartered in Missouri
The secretary of state issued a charter to the St. Joseph and Southern railroad company of St. Joseph Missouri. Capital stock is $50,000. The railroad is planned to extend from St. Joseph to Kansas City.
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Kansas City-st. Joseph
Jefferson City
Grain Rate War Ends at Chicago Conference
The grain rate war from Missouri river points to Chicago will end August 10 after a conference representing all western railroads reached the decision Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Missouri River
Fire Loss Totals 5 Million From City Blaze
The city fire on July 19 20 caused total losses of 5 million dollars. Insurance companies lost over 2 million. Asian and Russia referenced in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
President Palma pardons Americans in Cuba
In Havana President Palma pardoned Millie Brown and other Americans jailed on the Isle of Pines for operating a private telegraph line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Palma Friday
Millie Brown
Isle of Pines
Sentra Appoints Inspector in Washington DC
The president named J. J. Dunn as supervising inspector of steam vessels in Washington DC, replacing the local inspector from Louisville. The decision follows preparations for overseeing steam vessel safety with new national duties assigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentra
Ashington
D. C
Dent
J. J. Dunn
Eee Save
St. Louis
Judicial Convention nominates two for Missouri Supreme Court
Jefferson City hosts the Republican state judicial convention with Temporary Chairman Judge J G Park guiding nominations for two supreme court seats nine candidates listed. John Kennish won the long term and James T Neville the short term on the first ballot with vote counts 49614 and 445% respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Republican State Judicial Convention
House of Representatives
J. G. Park
Kansas City
Supreme Court
Folk
Park
John Kennish
Holt County
James T. Neville
Greene
N. D. Thurman
Callaway
Chas
C. Allen
St. Louis
Edward Higgbee
Kirksville
Neville
Springfield
Kennish
Allen
Thurman
Panama Canal Bonds Turn to Profit for Clerk
New York reports J Bache & Co purchased 5.8 million dollars in Panama canal bonds allotted to Samuel Byerly. Bache then sold to Fisk & Robinson. Bond price rose to 104.40, yielding about 27024 in profit for the clerk. Byerly told Shaw by phone he would deposit the funds by August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. 8. Bache, & Co
Bankard
Treasury Department
Samuel Byerly
Express Company
Bache & Co
Fisk & Robinson
Shaw
Byerly
Framingham Building Collapse Traps Scores of Workers
A three story brick and cement structure in South Framingham partially collapsed Monday, trapping more than twenty laborers. Nine were rescued alive, several badly injured, with bodies recovered by dusk. Firefighters and the Ninth Regiment militia responded swiftly to dig out victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Framingham
Mass
Ninth Regiment of Infantry
State Militia
Emperor Destroys Assembly to Halt October Revolution Plans
Paris reports say Russian authorities uncovered a vast organization planning a revolutionary strike in October. The emperor responded by dissolving the representative assembly to prevent parliament from becoming a tribune for revolutionists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
St. Petersburg
Representative Assembly
Rockefeller Bond Put Up In Findlay Ohio
Attorney James C. Troup of Bowling Green filed for John D. Rockefeller waiving service of the warrant and entered his appearance. Rockefeller gave a $1,000 bond for his appearance on Tuesday, September 4, signed by Rockefeller, Troup, and George P. Jones of Findlay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bond
Rockefeller
Findlay
Ohio
James C. Troup
Bowling Green
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
James 9. Troup
George P. Jones
Guatemala Approves Treaty Decree to Enforce Marblehead Pact
Washington report states Guatemala issued a decree directing implementation of the peace treaty terms signed aboard the Marblehead. Minister Combs in Guatemala City transmitted the dispatch to the state department confirming the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Washington, D. C
State Department
Combs
Guatemala City
Missouri Pacific Official Dies in Summit at 62
William M. Clark eastern freight agent for the Missouri Pacific railroad died in Summit New Jersey Monday of heart disease at age 62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific
Summit, N. J
William M. Clark
Eastern
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Six Children Born in Williamson County
In Nashville Tennessee at Kingston Williamson County a woman gave birth to six children on a Wednesday. All six babies were alive and well at the latest checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Kingston
Williamson County
Arrest in Calm Vest Case Seizes Newspapers
Police arrested 200 individuals Tuesday night amid a calmer protest and seized four newspapers as part of the operation, according to officials.
Gem. Wint at Fort Riley. Cty, Kas.
Brigadier General commendation from Missouri arrived at Fort Riley in the afternoon to inspect and comment on the camp of instruction. The visit highlights ongoing military training and readiness at the Kansas facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Riley
Kas
Department
Missouri
Fort Rie
Topeka Bee Bee Sas nerve gap in Kansas city network
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Topeka and Kansas, indicating a local network or bee related event. The readable words suggest a regional topic but lack clear entities, actions, or dates to form a solid summary.
American Surety Faces Kansas Pullback Over Bond Rules
Kansas Attorney General says the American Surety Company can be forced to follow state laws or have its certificate to do business revoked. The firm, a major bonding company for railroads and express firms, allegedly restricts Missouri Pacific and Pacific Express employees from bonding elsewhere, effectively blacklisting discharged workers. The company was summoned to show cause before the state superintendent of insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
American Surety Company
United States
C. C. Coleman
C. H. Luling
Attorney General
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Pacific Express Company
Pacific outlet links Gould lines to Orient via Topolobampo
The Hamburg-American Steamship company announced contracts with the Gould system and the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient railroad to inaugurate a new steamship line between Topolobampo and Orient ports. Through traffic will route Orient-bound business via Topolobampo with service set to begin next year and fully operate when the K C M O is completed. Close traffic accords tie the Gould lines to the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient. The Gould interests hold extensive holdings in the K C M O.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Gould System
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad
Topolobampo
Pacific
Kansas City
Mexico & Orient
Orient
Gould Lines
Ice Dealers Indicted in Cincinnati Restraint of Trade Case
Sixteen indictments were returned by the Cincinnati grand jury charging restraint of trade in ice price increases. Ten individuals and five firms, all members of the ice dealers' exchange, were named as defendants after a May 30 wedging meeting where a general price advance was decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ice Dealers’ Exchange
Speugh Sentenced to 55 Years for Murder
Centerville Missouri Arthur convicted of second degree murder for killing Iron County sheriff was sentenced Wednesday to 55 years in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speugh
Centerville
Arthur
Iron County
Northern Pacific Wreck Claims Five Near Bere
A Northern Pacific freight wreck three miles east of Bere early Wednesday killed two men and fatally injured another, with three others seriously hurt. Emergency crews rushed to the scene as investigators began detailing the collision and its aftermath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Valley City
N. D
Bere
William Sharp Nominated in Eighth District
Jackson Miss The Democratic executive committee of the Eighth district formally names John Sharp William as the party candidate for the district. The report notes the nomination process and party backing in the capital city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sharp Wilames
Jackson
Miss
Democratic Executive Committee
Eighth
Éf Claren
John Sharp Wiliam
Oma
Train's Fatal Plunge Near Camden Caused By Sun Kinks
Spokane reports a Great Northern wreck east of Camden where a fast mail train plunged 70 feet into Diamond Lake. At least nine dead and seven seriously injured, with many others cut and bruised. Continued efforts to recover bodies and the locomotive were hindered by water and conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Great Northern
Camden
Diamond Lake
Donner
Strickland
At & O'Clock
Post Office Expenditures Drop in Last Quarter
Acting Postmaster General Hitchcock reports the quarter ended March 31 1906 showed a material decrease in postal service expenditures. Receipts totaled 44 864 329 dollars with a deficit of 235 114 dollars, versus a 1 967 109 dollar shortfall a year earlier, marking a savings of over 1 750 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Hitchcock
Post Office Department
Milwaukee road trims wheat and flour rate to Chicago
Omaha announces a temporary eight cent rate on wheat and flour from Omaha and Kansas City to Chicago from July 30 to August 29. The move follows a Rock Island eight cent export flour rate and matches action by the Milwaukee’s competitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Milwaukee Road
Kansas City
Chicago
Rock Island
Phillippi
Missouri Pacific
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Gulf Points
Kansas Democrats File Ticket For Governor Harris
The Democratic state ticket nomination papers were filed with the secretary of state without protest. Secretary Burrows previously warned that W A Harris might not be a state resident, risking illegality of his gubernatorial ballot placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Democrats
Topeka
Secretary of State
Burrows
W. A. Harris
Harris
Army engineers to receive half holidays for remainder of summer
Washington reports more than 8,000 men in the engineering department of the army will enjoy half holidays Saturdays for the rest of the summer following a War Department order issued Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Department of the Army
War Department
Chile elects Don Pedro Monte as president
Chile electors Wednesday chose Don Pedro Monte to serve as president for five years. The official result in Santiags confirms his victory and sets the new administration in motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
Santiags
Don Pedro Monte
Republic of Chile
General strike postponed amid government crackdown in Russia and Odessa panic
Reports from St. Petersburg indicate a postponement of a general strike as authorities intensify repression. In Russia famine districts, revolutionaries seek restraint until harvest and peasant involvement grows. Paris dispatch notes Odessa authorities demand arms surrender while panic, Cossack threats, and mass arrests overwhelm the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
Revolutionary Council
Reorganized Council of Workmen
Paris
France
Odessa
Matin
Tulsa Officials Sued Over Water Works Bond Vote
Papers served against Mayor John QO Mitchell Fire Chief R C Alder and eight aldermen enjoin them from calling an election to vote bonds for a municipal water works system. The Tulsa Heat Light Water and Power company, holder of an exclusive franchise, filed the suit after council proposed a 100000 bond issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
John QO. Mitchell
R. C. Alder
Tulsa Heat, Light, Water and Power Company
Interstate Commerce Commission reports 1906 rail casualties
The ICC bulletin for the quarter ending March 31 1906 records 18 296 passenger casualties including 1 126 killed and 17 170 injured. It also logs 3 490 collisions and derailments with 289 collisions and 167 derailments impacting passenger trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. _C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Soldiers Will Build the Bridge in Kansas
The battalion of engineers led by Maj. Thomas Reese arriving from Fort Leavenworth at Fort Riley will study bridge building next month. An $18 500 appropriation funds a 600 foot steel bridge across the Kaw at Fort Riley, the largest bridge project attempted by the U S engineer corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction City
Kansas
Battalion of Engineers
Thomas Reese
Fort Riley
Fort Leavenworth
Kaw
United States Engineer Corps
Georgia House OKs anti bucketshop bill to prohibit futures
The Georgia House approved the Boykin anti bucketshop bill by 132 to 15 after a lengthy debate. It outlaws all margin dealings in futures and would close bucketshops and exchanges in the state, moving to the senate for expected passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Senate
Grain rates cut on Missouri Pacific lines to Chicago
New Orleans officials announce a 2 cent per hundred cut in grain rates from New Orleans Memphis and other points to Chicago over the Missouri Pacific lines. The reduction aligns with an 8 cent cut by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad on Missouri river points to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Missouri Pacific
Memphis
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Missouri River
Storm Destroys Church near Les Chavannes in France
A Wednesday cloudburst with lightning destroyed the church of Les Chavannes about 35 miles from Paris. Lightning melted the bells into a solid mass and several people were injured. The storm caused extensive damage along the Franco Italian border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Les Chavannes
Russell Sage Funeral Held at Far Rockaway
Funeral services for the late Russell Sage were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the First Presbyterian church in Far Rockaway. A number of prominent persons attended to pay tribute to the financier’s memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russell Sage
First Presbyterian Church
Far Rockaway
Utah Chief Justice Resigns to Resume Law Practice
Salt Lake City Utah George W Baritch chief justice of the supreme court of Utah tendered his resignation to Gov Cutler to take effect October 1 He states he desires to resume the practice of law in Salt Lake City and return to private life
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Salt Lake City
George W. Baritch
Supreme Court of Utah
Gov. Cutler
Baritch
Tee Many Of Fives There
The text appears garbled with no coherent event or names to summarize into a news item. No readable entities or actions are present to preserve in a concise card.
Cuticura Remedies Improve Hair and Scalp Condition
A reader reports using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Remedies to treat an itchy scalp and hair loss. After two months, hair growth resumed, the scalp improved, and the hair length reached beyond the waist, with the reader praising the product's effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana
Sleepy Policeman Mistakes Councillor for Prisoner
An urban councillor of Milton Keynes and Barking area was in a railway compartment with four officers and a prisoner. The officer, waking late, mistook the councillor for the prisoner and tried to eject him at Plaistow. After delays the councillor regained freedom and reached home by cab in the early hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Gittingbourne
England
Barking
Plaistow
Bromley-by-Bow
Council Os
EGG-O-SEE Cereal Promises Health From Wheat Nutrition
An advertisement extols EGG-O-SEE as a wheat based cereal with iron phosphorus and other elements for bone blood and muscle. It claims sailors recover from scurvy with vegetables and promotes the product as tasty solid nourishment. The ad offers a 10 cent package and a free book Back to Nature from the EGG-O-SEE Company in Quincy Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Egg-O-See Company
First St
Quincy, III
West Virginia Bear Hunt Excites Townfolk
A large black bear stirred excitement last week starting near Aleck Park where Aleck and his two fierce dogs chased it to the garden fence. With no loaded gun available, the bear tossed the dogs and then slipped toward Harper Wolford's creek, eluding a dozen pursuers in the jungle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Aleck Park
Aleck
Harper Wolford
Hampshire Review
Defiance Starch Promotes Safe Finish for Fine Fabrics
The advertisement touts Defiance Starch as chemical free and safe for delicate fabrics. It claims its strength lets half the usual amount be used while delivering a finish as firm as when the cloth was new.
Vanderbilt family member elected to Cincinnati Society
Cornelius Vanderbilt acting for his father and Alfred G acting for his mother applied for membership in the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati as Vanderbilt representatives. The society deemed Cornelius the proper representative and he was elected along with 15 others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Alfred G
Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati
Vanderbilt
Cornelius Ws
Woman’s Clever Inventions and The Husbands’ Fears
A garbled note discusses a woman combining objects and revealing her actions, noting a superstition about women seeking their husbands. It mentions defiance and a new invention improving work, praising efficiency and cheaper options from grocers.
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Voliva
Lucky Boys
Moscow
Viborg
Finland
the Judicial Convention
J. T. Neville
Supreme Justice
Nis
Cnan
Wae
Topeka, Kes
Luling
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railways
Fast Mail
Lake
Postal Economies
Tulsa Corporation
Mair
Cuticura
Castoria
Bane
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